Surah 21 · verse 56
Al-Anbya 21:56
Sign in to listenقَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمْ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ الَّذِي فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُم مِّنَ الشَّاهِدِينَ
qala bal rabbukum rabb as-samawat wal-ard alladhi fatarahunna wa-ana 'ala dhalikum min ash-shahidin
He said, "[No], rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them, and I, to that, am of those who testify.
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Context in the surah
قَالُوا وَجَدْنَا آبَاءَنَا لَهَا عَابِدِينَ
They said, "We found our fathers worshippers of them."
Verse 54قَالَ لَقَدْ كُنتُمْ أَنتُمْ وَآبَاؤُكُمْ فِي ضَلَالٍ مُّبِينٍ
He said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error."
Verse 55قَالُوا أَجِئْتَنَا بِالْحَقِّ أَمْ أَنتَ مِنَ اللَّاعِبِينَ
They said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?"
قَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمْ رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ الَّذِي فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُم مِّنَ الشَّاهِدِينَ
He said, "[No], rather, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth who created them, and I, to that, am of those who testify.
وَتَاللَّهِ لَأَكِيدَنَّ أَصْنَامَكُم بَعْدَ أَن تُوَلُّوا مُدْبِرِينَ
And [I swear] by Allah, I will surely plan against your idols after you have turned and gone away."
Verse 58فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَاذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ
So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question].
Verse 59قَالُوا مَن فَعَلَ هَـٰذَا بِآلِهَتِنَا إِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
They said, "Who has done this to our gods? Indeed, he is of the wrongdoers."